Course Training and Syllabus*
The course must be a minimum of 8 hours long but most courses will be
on average of 10-12 hours long being split up during a two day period.*
1. Handgun safety in the classroom, home, firing range, and while carrying the firearm in a holster.
2. Physical demonstration by the applicant demonstrating ability to safely load, fire and unload a revolver and a semiautomatic pistol.
3. The basic principles of marksmanship. This will include information on different techniques.*
4. Instruction on the “care and cleaning of concealable firearms”.
5. Safe storage of firearms at home. This may include different types of storage devices.
6. Missouri’s requirements for getting a license to carry. This includes legal requirements.*
7. The laws relating to firearms in chapter 571 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri. This involves the
transfer of firearms, who can possess firearms, and what firearms are prohibited or restricted.
8. Laws relating to “justifiable use of force as prescribed in chapter 563, Revised Statutes of Missouri”.
9. A live fire “exercise” for each applicant to fire a handgun “from the standing position or its
equivalent”. This would appear to allow persons who cannot safely stand for extended periods to
shoot from a sitting position. Applicants must shoot fifty (50) rounds, of any caliber, from any
handgun, at a B-27 silhouette target “or an equivalent target”. The target must be seven (7) yards
away during this exercise. This is different from the live fire “test” at #10 below.*
10. A live fire “test”, with the certified instructor, present of twenty (20) rounds from a standing
position or its equivalent at a B-27 silhouette or equivalent target at a range of seven yards. The
applicant must hit the silhouette portion with fifteen (15) of the twenty rounds. This is another
indication of a difference between certified instructors and range officers.
*For complete information on a course description contact the location where you will be completing
your training. They are they best source to verify exactly what you will be learning.
